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Last min advice please

cheers does the mobo need a bios update or anything to start with dont want to dismantle the pc when it comes to then rebuild it to get the bios lol
 
Ask OCUK if they'll send you one of the newer revisions, as there's a few revisions of that B-Grade board, as I've had one before and it was advertising Ivybridge, or if they'll BIOS update one before it arrives.

But I've had 2 of them, both worked straight off with with an Ivy.
 
yep retail comes with HSF, my 2600k runs at a steady 4.2/4ghz on a stock HSF 24/7 (albeit within a well cooled case) and has never given me worrying temps even under full chat even allowing for ivy running a bit warmer i'd still expect a rather happy 4ghz out of the 3570k with potential for a lot more once you get a top end cooler on it

ghz for ghz the intel will obliterate the amd offerings as well so games that are cpu limited will show massive improvements
 
before i click buy can someone confirm 100% that these 2 items are compatable please

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
(£149.99) £179.99
(£149.99)
**B Grade** Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 (MB-364-GI) £35.00
(£29.17) £35.00
(£29.17)
Sub Total : £179.16
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £37.73
Total : £226.39


and how will my gfx cards run if im limited to x4 in crossfire
 
Chrisoldinho said:
Very little difference between 3570K and 8350 in most games, when crossfire is used. Read it for yourself from real world tests.

http://www.overclock.net/t/1333027/amd-fx-8350-vs-i5-3570k-delidded-single-gpu-and-crossfire-gpu

I accept Skyrim and a few others will be worse, but generally speaking the difference isn't what some would make out in a lot of scenarios, and nigh on impossible to tell at higher resolutions, 2560x1440+ or 6048x1080 :cool:
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That's only a handful of games though.
Which is the problem, it's so easy to give a slanted viewpoint due to game selection.

Also, two different rigs and some hinky results (Dirt 3 for example, the AMD is winning single GPU but losing Crossfire? It'd make more sense if those results had been mixed up)

PCZ benched an FX8350 and Ivybridge CPU and found different results (The FX8350 would bottleneck in Crossfire), so yeah.
Why haven't they shown the GPU/CPU usage on the Intel?

There's a reason threads like that get locked.
 
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rabc1690 said:
before i click buy can someone confirm 100% that these 2 items are compatable please

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
(£149.99) £179.99
(£149.99)
**B Grade** Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 (MB-364-GI) £35.00
(£29.17) £35.00
(£29.17)
Sub Total : £179.16
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £37.73
Total : £226.39


and how will my gfx cards run if im limited to x4 in crossfire
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Should be compatible.
First GPU will be fine.
Second will be fine if it's PCI-E 3.0, if it's poor at 4x then DSR and go FX6300.
 
rabc1690 said:
NB take it the fx 6300 will be a decent option as a backup,also what's dsr
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I don't think the FX6300 will be a decent back up option, my backup option would be an FX8320 at least, but since you can't force games to uses MOAR CORES it might not change much.

DSR is distance selling regulations.

Lets say for example you buy that Intel set up, decide "I don't like it" within 14 Days if bought from OCUK, you can return it for a straight up refund (Bar delivery to get it back to them)
 
rabc1690 said:
Well if I were to get a fx6300 I would be able to pair it with the sabretooth 990fx would that be a decent enough choice
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Too much CPU compromise for a decent board, and you're well over 200 quid.

But I think I may have confused you, I wasn't in anyway saying I'd consider the FX6300 as an alternative, more that was your initial plan.

PCZ was running an FX8350 at 4.8GHZ I believe and could show a bottleneck in Heaven against an Ivy, albeit with a 7970 Crossfire.

Buy the Intel and Z68, see how you feel, you won't be disappointed.
 
So the sabretooth is too good a board??? I can pick up a returned item from another retailer and the fx6300 for couple quid short of 200 delivered.
 
rabc1690 said:
So the sabretooth is too good a board??? I can pick up a returned item from another retailer and the fx6300 for couple quid short of 200 delivered.
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It's a decent board, but not something I'd get as opposed getting an FX8320.

But I wouldn't be getting an AMD CPU anyway for a 7870 Crossfire.

Like I say, buy the Z68 and 3570k retail, whack it to 4GHZ, and watch it fly.
 
Right change of plans. I have managed to obtain a sabretooth 990fx mobo and an fd4130 which by the looks of things I may well be selling this morning to a family member. So I've just placed an order with a competitor for an fx8350 and a new case and psu bought locally off Gumtree both brand new for a healthy price of £60 notes. Spent more than I had planned so a drink free weekend for me by the looks of things
 
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